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Published in final edited form as: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2016;25(3):513–520. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.092015.15

Table 4.

Postoperative caloric intakes by parenteral or oral

Dietary intake by route	Post-operative day
	1	3	5	7	Total
	n=45	n=48	n=45	n=43	n=48
Parenteral nutrition (kcals)	n=45	n=47	n=40	n=26	n=48
	598±288	750±352	682±352	531±391	546±210
	600 (400–700)	703 (503–1036)	652 (400–1036)	400 (200–1036)	548 (378–682)
Oral nutrition (kcals)	n=1	n=7	n=30	n=41	n=48
	--	152±132	181±138	370±234	134±86
	--	109 (64–198)	149 (72–264)	366 (179–504)	118 (68–195)

Values represent means±SD and median (25^th–75^th percentile) for patients receiving parenteral and or oral nutrition.